Roman Dmowski's National Party (, alternatively Stronnictwo Narodowe im. Romana Dmowskiego, SND or SNDR) is an ultranationalist Polish political party that refers to the legacy of Roman Dmowski and his ideology, National Democracy. The party was founded on 28 December 2004 and registered on 13 April 2005. It was founded by a self-styled General Ludwik Wasiak. Roman Dmowski's National Party refers to itself as "the only uniformed party in Poland", and is considered a paramilitary organization, as its members wear uniforms styled after the interwar National Party.
Known for its military outfit composed of light-brown uniform, black berets, and golden gorgets, the party espouses strongly pro-Russian and anti-Ukrainian views; it supported the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea and the Russian Federation in the Russo-Ukrainian War, proposing a partition of Ukraine. Described as far-right and ultranationalist, it is also considered to represent the post-communist, "pink faction" of Endecja that collaborated with the communist government and focuses on radical economies policies. It claims to fight the Masonic and Jewish influences in Poland, in favor of Dmowski's ideal of a Polish ethnostate. History Foundation Roman Dmowski's National Party was founded by Ludwik Wasiak, Bogdan Tomaszewski, and Bronisław Wolf on 28 December 2004, and was registered on 13 April 2005. Wasiak became the president of the party. Prior to founding the Roman Dmowski's National Party, Wasiak was a member of the National Party formed in 1989. In October 2000, Wasiak founded the first local branch of the National Party in Ozorków, which then expanded into a regional branch by February 2001. Speaking of his decision to join the party, Wasiak stated that he had a dream in 2000 in which Holy Mary told him that he does not care about Poland enough; Wasiak was then to find out about the National Party when given the party's leaflet by Bolesław Matera in Łódź.
In May 2001, the National Party was dissolved and merged into League of Polish Families. Wasiak refused to accept the party's dissolution; he got involved in paramilitary activity, and on 19 July 2001 in Łódź, Wasiak registered the Polish Rifle Squads together with Krzysztof Szpakowski; the organization was based on the pre-WW1 Polish Rifle Squads. In late 2001, together with a group of fellow former National Party activists, he formed the National Party "Patria", which was registered in 2003 in Warsaw. Wasiak was elected the party's vice president, and Norbert Tomczyk became the party's president. However, in the next party congress in 2004, Bohdan Poręba, a prominent member of the Endocommunist , was elected as the new party president; in reaction, Wasiak left the party to found his own.
The party made sand-coloured uniforms, "which the late Leader Roman Dmowski adored", its trademark, worn by all members. The uniform were recreated by the party's vice-president Bogdan Tomaszewski, as well as Zbigniew Skatulski and Bolesław Matera. In October 2006, the party marched in support of the PiS-Samoobrona-LPR coalition, declaring that it needs to be defended against the "mafia" led by "globalist Donald Tusk".
On 10 November 2006, the party participated in the unveiling ceremony of Roman Dmowski's Monument in Warsaw, the Crossroads Square. Other parties that participated were the Polish National Party, League of Polish Families, National People's Movement, National Rebirth of Poland, National Radical Camp, and the All-Polish Youth. During the ceremony, a fight emerged between the participants and activists of the Federation of Young Social Democrats, who were demonstrating against the monument. The next day, the monument was vandalized by having pink paint spilled on it. Around 30 people from anarchist groups and Young Socialists organized a "Dmowski must fall" picket near the monument. Roman Dmowski's National Party organized a counter-protest, lying flowers at the monument and chanting "Poland for Poles".
Electoral attempts In 2009, party's representatives regularly flied to Uruguay to attend and give conferences organized by the (USOPAŁ), an organization led by Jan Kobylański, a Polish antisemitic and nationalist millionaire who lived in Montevideo. Wasiak gave a total of eight lectures for USOPAŁ, including one titled "Jewish tactics for ruling over Poland". Later that year, Polish media alleged that Kobylański was a szmalcownik during World War II and handed over a Jewish family to the Gestapo, but a state investigation found that the allegation had no evidence. Kobylański sued several journalists who propagated the claim, and Roman Dmowski's National Party defended Kobylański, condemning "a concerted attack by Jewish forces on the good name of the greatest Pole, the first Pole after John Paul II".
In December 2009, Roman Dmowski's National Party signed a cooperation agreement with the (), a party founded in 2002. The cooperation agreement was signed in Gdańsk by Robert Kownacki, the secretary of the Sovereignty Defence League's executive committee, and Ludwik Wasiak. In 2009, Wasiak also became a member of the (), a short-lived party led by . It dissolved in 2013.
In 2010, in reaction to the Smoleńsk air disaster, the party claimed that the plane crash was an assassination, and agitated for this theory in Krakowskie Przedmieście. The party was said to have set up a "mini recording studio" in Krakowskie Przedmieście, and posted recordings of party members interviewing bypassers and asking them if they believe that the Smoleńsk plane crash was orchestrated. Journalists and argue that party's actions made the narrative of Smoleńsk being an assassiation "blow out of proportions".
The party wanted to participate in the 2010 Polish presidential election by fielding Wasiak as its candidate; Wasiak registered his own electoral committee. Wasiak's campaign has been described as harshly antisemitic, as Wasiak stated during the campaign: "The incompetent Jewish minorities must come forward and must leave! This is Poland for Poles!" During the campaign, the party also reconciled with Bohdan Poręba, who approved of Wasiak's candidacy and echoed his sentiments, glorifying the antisemitic communist antisemitic purge of March 1968. Wasiak was endorsed for president by Jan Kobylański; he also gained the support of the Covenant of the Polish Nation of which he was a member of, and gave a speech on its Party Congress in Kraków, on 1 May 2010. Wasiak's slogan for the 2010 presidential election was "The Jewish minority must go!" He also became known for his greeting, "Cheers to great Poland!" ().
While by May Wasiak had collected over 50,000 signatures, but was unable to gather the 100,000 signatures needed to appear to on the ballot. As Wasiak tried to gather signatures for his candidacy, Adam Michnik, the editor-in-chief of Gazeta Wyborcza, reportedly stated that Wasiak "likes to parade in a brown uniform", alleging that the members of the party look like "Nazi militias — perhaps not the SS, but at least the SA from the late 1920s and early 1930s". When the party sued Michnik for his comments, Michnik stated that the party's uniforms are "a bit different". Wasiak described his failure to gather enough signatures as "a victory for Judeo-Masonry.
In the 2011 Polish parliamentary election, the party registered an electoral committee for the Sejm. However, it fielded no candidates for the Senate. The party also tried to participate in the 2014 Polish local elections, and then in the 2015 Polish presidential election and the 2015 Polish parliamentary election. However, it was unable to gather media attention, and its conferences resulted in empty chairs and no journalists. Wasiak concluded that this party was "being blocked by the media". Referring to the 2015 presidential and parliamentary elections, Roman Dmowski's National Party declared that it values Kukiz'15, but that Paweł Kukiz's anti-Russian sentiment undermines his political talent.
In the 2015 Polish parliamentary election, party members ran for the Sejm on the electoral list of Committee of Grzegorz Braun "God Bless You!". The committee secured 0.09% of the vote nationwide (coming 13th).
Later activity In 2014, the party enthusiastically supported the Russian Federation in the Russo-Ukrainian war, and declared support for "the policy of Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, President of the Russian Federation, who, in the wake of the international intervention by the usurers on the Maidan and the armed seizure of power in Ukraine by the Bandera battalions, could not have reacted otherwise". Roman Dmowski's National Party called for a partition of Ukraine, and advocated Polish annexation of the Ukrainian part of Kresy Wschodnie. The party supported the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea, and was said to participate in anti-Ukrainian demonstrations organized by Konstantin Malofeev. It also joined protesting farmers across the country, where Wasiak argued: "Michnik-Szechter [signifying the Jews] is sending weapons to Ukraine, and we need to maintain good relations with Russia".
On 11 November 2015, the Polish Independence Day, the party organized a ceremony at Roman Dmowski's Monument in Warsaw; the newly elected President Andrzej Duda also arrived to lay flowers at the monument. He greeted party members and bowed before the party's banner held by Wasiak. This was considered a surprise by the media, considering the party's support for Vladimir Putin and the Russian annexation of Crimea. According to Polityka, ever since, Dmowski's monument became the party's meeting point:
After the 2016 American presidential election, the party expressed support for American president Donald Trump, arguing that Jews "control global finance" and that they "hope that President Trump will put them in their place".
On 11 November 2016, the party once again held a ceremony at Roman Dmowski's Monument. The party became a media sensation when Wasiak paid tribute to Jarosław Kaczyński, the leader of Law and Justice, who came to lie flowers at the monument. Wasiak hailed Kaczyński, calling him the "Chief of State" (), rank reserved only for Józef Piłsudski. He also called Kaczyński the "uncrowned king of Polish politics". Kaczyński was amused by the situation, and the video of his encounter with Wasiak and his party's delegation went viral. The pro-Russian Slavic Union also participated in National Party's initiative. Interviewed by journalists, Wasiak stated that he wished to express his great admiration for Kaczyński, explaining that he supports the United Right government: "PiS has put a stop to the dismantling of the Polish state. What PiS is doing right now is exactly what my Roman Dmowski's National Party would be doing if it were in power." Wasiak was then approached by PiS leadership and congratulated for a "great initiative".
In 2017, the party wrote a request for pardon for Mateusz Piskorski, a former MP of Samoobrona and the leader of Zmiana, who was imprisoned on suspicion of espionage for Russian, Chinese, and Iranian intelligence. The request was rejected. The party attempted to run in the 2018 Polish local elections together with the Slavic Union and the Polish National Front (of Wojciech Olszański).
2020s Since 2020, the party has been increasingly associated with Olszański and his Rodacy Kamraci movement. Roman Dmowski's National Party defended Olszański from media attacks, accusing Polish media of "displaying a profound misunderstanding of Dmowski’s stance towards Russia" and dismissing Olszański, who "follows Dmowski", in a scathing manner. In late 2021, Roman Dmowski's National Party together with Piotr Rybak and Rodacy Kamraci tried to carry a bust of Dmowski made by sculptor into the Royal Castle in Warsaw, but the museum's staff refused to allow it.